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15.09.04
Memorial Service to Mark 70th Anniversary of Gresford Colliery Disaster
To mark the 70th Anniversary of the Gresford Colliery Disaster, Wrexham Council are organising a Memorial Service to be held at the All Saints Church, Gresford, on Wednesday 22 September at 10.30 am to which all, particularly relatives of the victims, are welcome.
The Mayor and other elected Members will be in attendance and the Vicar of Gresford, Canon Tudor Hughes will lead the Service and Canon David Griffiths, former Vicar of Gresford will also be in attendance as well as Mr Robert Fzewczyk, grandson of David Lloyd Jones a victim of the disaster, who will read one of the lessons.
Children from Gresford CP will also be at the Service.
The Service will be followed by tea and biscuits at Gresford's new Memorial Hall.
The Mayor of Wrexham, Cllr David Rogers said:
"It is very important that we pay our respects to the 261 miners who died on this day 70 years ago. Whilst the collieries are now gone the memories of the Gresford Disaster, the worst disaster in the history of the North Wales coalfields, and the second worst mining disaster in Wales, will always be remembered in Wrexham and further afield."
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